ICEBREAKERS - A practical approach to group dynamics

ICEBREAKERS B Y T I N E FR I S - RONSF ELD & KRI STOF F ER F YNBO THORNI NG

Authors Tine Fris-Ronsfeld and Kristoffer Fynbo Thorning Illustrations Mette Hornung Layout Mette Hornung and Kristoffer Fynbo Thorning Publisher Singergy Publishing I/S, Råhøjvænget 47, 8230 Viby J, Denmark Copyright © Tine Fris-Ronsfeld, Kristoffer Fynbo Thorning and Singergy Publishing I/S 2023 Digital Version, September 2023 Mail mail@breaking-the-ice.dk Website www.breaking-the-ice.dk In the same series: BRYD ISEN - En legende tilgang til fællesskab (dansk) ICEBREAKERS - A Practical Approach To Groupdynamics (engelsk) ICEBREAKER - Ein spielerischer ansatz zur gruppendynamik (tysk) LES BRISE-GLACE - Créativité et dynamiques de groupe dans les pratiques artistiques (fransk) ISBN 978-87-997511-0-5 The book is published by Postyr Project I/S and has been supported with funding from the Danish Arts Council and SYNG. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in book reviews.

ICEBREAKERS A P R AC T I CA L A P P R OAC H TO G R O U P DY N A M I C S

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

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HELLO Count To 20 The Secret Triangle Dynamics One Body Meet and Greet The Sonar Miss Nice Talk with One Mouth Good Morning Part One Good Morning Part Two The General Yes and No What’s Your Passion?

Marionette Puppets Body Jazz

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NAMES The Name Chain I Like Part One I Like Part Two What’s Going On? Part One What’s Going On? Part Two Where Are You From?

Name Mikado The Line Up

MOVE Come On and Dance Part One Come On and Dance Part Two Feel Good Be My Eyes Mirror, Mirror Wrestling It’s Christmas Time Part One It’s Christmas Time Part Two

GAMES Memory The Sheriff Argh! Zombies!

The Pirate Game Who Is the Boss?

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28 29 30 31 32 32 33 33 34 35 38 39 40 41 42

SYNCHRONIZE One-Two-Three Grounding Edward Scissorhands Glued Legs A Rather Simple Rhythm Skipping Kung Fu Countdown

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The Shield It’s Winter Part One It’s Winter Part Two The Smelly Shoe Squeeze This Is Good for Me Ogi, Ogi, Ogi! Pulse Clap Rhythm Relay Race

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CREATE School Bag Stomp Me Oh My Part One Me Oh My Part Two Beatbox Battle Move Your Feet I Have a Little Twitch Stir the Rhythm Up Part One Stir the Rhythm Up Part Two Stir the Rhythm Up Part Three Kids Jump Part One Kids Jump Part Two Turn that Funky Music On! Part One Turn that Funky Music On! Part Two

PROGRAMS MY NOTES INDEX ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THANK YOU ABOUT THE AUTHORS POSTYR

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INTRODUCTION Being part of a group can be a great experience. It is fantastic when

HOW DO THEY WORK?

every member of the group contributes in achieving a common goal.

Icebreakers allow group members the opportunity to welcome and

When the time spent together just flies by and when everyone is in

introduce everybody, establish eye contact, learn each others names,

a good mood and spirits are high.

shake hands and get comfortable with one another in a playful way.

WHAT IS AN ICEBREAKER?

They highlight the importance of each group member and shine a light on each person’s unique set of skills. By using icebreakers the

Icebreakers are games and exercises that bring people of all ages

participants get to know each other better by collaborating two and

together. We have introduced icebreakers to all kinds of groups over the

two, in smaller groups and as a whole. The group members solve

past ten years. From these experiences we have drawn an important

small tasks together and collaborate on creating and developing

lesson: Integrating icebreakers as a core activity in any type of group

new ideas in an informal way.

work creates and sustains a good atmosphere and strengthens the social bonds in the group.

Icebreakers are great, because they are games, where you can shed

WHY DO WE NEED THEM?

normally speak up or take leadership can be in charge and be heard and

the role you would normally hold in a group. Someone who does not First impressions and getting off on the right foot are crucial if you want

seen in a new way. The chosen leaders or the ones often taking the lead

to establish a positive feeling in the group and promote good working

are given an opportunity to step back, listen, follow and support the

relationships. Playfulness and the willingness to make mistakes are

other group members, all the while gaining new perspectives and seeing

key elements in creativity and letting ideas flow. Trust, team spirit and

the potential of each member of the group.

respecting each other as individuals are some of the underlying pillars that make ideas grow. In some groups, people already know each other from earlier for better or for worse. In other scenarios, people might be strangers to each other and feel somewhat insecure. Some may be nervous about how to go about solving the tasks at hand, while others are bursting with ideas and can’t wait to get started. Some may be tired or unfocused, because they are preoccupied with other matters that are unrelated to the project. Icebreakers are tools that enable the group to establish a common ground before addressing the topic of the day.

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Fostering the group members’ musicality is central to many of the icebreakers, because establishing a sense of rhythm, practicing music and dancing are activities that ensure people are in synch with each other. Building a musical groove is in many ways similar to building a machine. Every part of the groove has a function and plays a role in making it all come together. To make it work everyone has to understand their own role, but also work together like one big organism.

When we play music or sing together, we follow the same tempo, we

ICEBREAKERS : A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO GROUP DYNAMICS

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK feel the same flow, we are all part of the same soundscape. When

In our experience, icebreakers are great tools for working with group

singing together all voices join in unison. The combination of the lyrics,

dynamics in a hands-on manner. Icebreakers are useful at all stages of

the melody and the rhythm, lets us get in touch with an undercurrent of

the group’s development. They come in handy at the beginning, when a

feelings and connects us with the people in the choir. We are left with

group is just getting started. They are also useful tools, when the whole

a feeling of unity and fellowship.

group or an individual in the group takes on a new role or responsibility.

That is why musical icebreakers are so effective in bringing people together.

We hope that this collection will serve as an inspiration and help you break the ice, wherever it is needed.

They are godsend, when times are tough and when confidence and trust needs to be restored. And last but not least, they are fun and ensure that all group members share a good laugh.

Keep in mind though, that the icebreakers should be adjusted so they fit the group’s age, size, skills and temperament. The challenge lies in using the icebreakers in a manner which matches the needs of everyone in

BREAK THE ICE! BE AN ICEBREAKER!

the group. Often, it will be possible to differentiate tasks so everyone in

Tine Fris-Ronsfeld and Kristoffer Fynbo Thorning

the reader with suggestions for each of the exercises on how to simplify

the group feels challenged at their individual level. This book provides or further complicate the icebreaker, so the icebreakers are tailored to meet the group members’ needs. Feel free to add your own ideas!

The book consists of six chapters and in each chapter every icebreaker is labeled with a pictogram that depicts the kind of activity covered in the icebreaker.

Collaboration and interaction.

Movement and physical activity.

Singing and playing music.

Playfulness and creativity.

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Many of the exercises require specific movements and gestures.

PUT THEM TOGETHER

As a reading aid, you can find descriptions and depictions which

You can use one icebreaker to get things started or string several

illustrate these within the book. However, one movement needs

together for a longer session. On page 68 you can see examples of

further introduction.

how you can ensure that your activities progress. Icebreakers can also be used as an active pause in a meeting or workshop or to end the day

AFRO STEP

together on a high note.

1. Put your right foot down in front of you on the first beat.

Go to our website BREAKTHEICE.DK to learn lyrics to some

2. Stomp the ground with your left foot on the second beat.

of the songs in different languages, more icebreakers and to

3. Put your right foot down behind you on the third beat.

see our workshop catalogue.

EXTRA MATERIAL

4. Stomp the ground with your left foot on the fourth beat.

Because you have bought this you also have access to our members only page at www.breaktheice.dk/members. Here you can find tutorial videos for most of the songs and rhythms in this book, additional lyrics in different languages and more.

Go to: www.breaking-the-ice.dk/videos-for-icebreakers and use the password: beanicebreaker

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HELLO

M E E T, G R E E T A N D H A V E F U N

ICEBREAKERS : A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO GROUP DYNAMICS

COUNT TO 20

THE SECRET TRIANGLE

BY UNKNOWN

BY TORBEN JENSEN

1. Stand in a circle with your eyes closed.

1. Stand in a random formation.

2. Count to 20 together. One at a time. No pulse. If two people say the same number at the same time, the group has to start over and count from 1 once more.

SUGGESTIONS

2. Now each person silently and in secret decides to follow two other persons in the group.

4. The game is over when everyone is standing in a triangle formation.

This rarely happens straightaway, so this is a challenging game!

3. Next, the task is for everyone to change their position in the room, so that a total of three people form a triangle.

Try the game with open eyes.

Add a gesture, so you show the group that you are going to say the next number.

Walk around each other while counting.

THE SECRET TRIANGLE

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DYNAMICS

ONE BODY

BY UNKNOWN

BY UNKNOWN

1. Form a circle.

2. Decide on a simple short song or phrase that everyone knows.

3. Start singing it together.

4. The group is tasked with singing the song at a very low volume and then should increase the volume to their loudest

possible and then scale it back again without saying anything or giving any signs. The group should sense what the other group members are doing. Try to make the volume steps obvious instead of changing them gradually.

SUGGESTIONS Change it up and start at volume level 5 and then lower it it to level 1.

Alternatively, go from volume 4 to 5 to 2.

Etc.

1. One person takes the lead and stands facing the rest of the group.

2. The leader claps different rhythms in different tempos of his choice. The rest of the group tries to synchronize their clapping to the leader’s and follows his exact timing and movement.

NOTE This is not a call-and-response exercise, but a task which requires concentration, leadership and timing.

Expand the exercise so there are 10 volume levels!

Include movement in the exercise, either choreographed or freely improvised.

Add emotions to the exercise and sing the song in a loving, angry, or sad manner and make the emotions more and more extreme.

Let someone stand in the middle of the circle and listen, while the others sing.

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MEET AND GREET

THE SONAR

BY UNKNOWN

BY TORBEN JENSEN AND PETER DOMBERNOWSKY

1. One person takes the lead.

1. Stand in a circle with your eyes closed.

2. Put on an energetic and groovy piece of music in a tempo suited for walking.

3. The leader asks the group to start walking.

During the game, the leader will ask the participants to do different tasks while walking.

MUSIC IDEAS Ginger Ninja - “Sunshine” Tower of Power - “Souled Out” Jamiroquai - “Virtual Insanity”

2. Each person makes up a signature sound that can easily be recognized.

3. Notice the sound of the two persons standing next to you. Remember those sounds.

4. Carefully walk around in the circle/change places with your eyes still closed.

5. After a while, try to find your way back, so you stand next to the people you started out with in the beginning of the exercise.

SUGGESTIONS Walk in straight lines, in soft curves, as close or as far away from each other as possible.

Establish eye contact, nod your head, smile or say hello, when walking past someone.

Give a high five, do a small dance or give a hug, when you meet someone.

Stop, shake hands, say your name or give compliments to each other.

Couple up in pairs. Walk around holding hands doing all of the abovementioned tasks. Or let other pairs pass under your arms.

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THE SONAR ICEBREAKERS : A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO GROUP DYNAMICS

MISS NICE

TALK WITH ONE MOUTH

BY LENA GREGERSEN

BY UNKNOWN

1. Couple up in pairs.

1. Couple up in pairs and stand facing each other.

2. Take turns giving a back or neck massage, while giving compliments and praise to each other.

TELL HER (OR HIM) How beautiful/handsome he is today.

2. Now your task is to agree on speaking simultaneously without discussing it beforehand. Speak very slowly and try to guide each other into saying the same thing. Is it “hhhhhhhhheeeeeeelllooooo”?

How wonderful it feels when he does that.

How much you appreciated the manner in which he handled that situation the other day.

NOTE If necessary, use facial expressions and body language to emphasize and signal what you intend to say. As you go along, you will realize that you are capable of speaking in unison. You also have to pay attention to who takes the lead and who follows.

The point of the exercise is to fine-tune the balance between the leader and the follower and to let both of the participants lead and follow. Think of those old couples or good friends who actually finish each other’s sentences.

TALK WITH ONE MOUTH ICEBREAKERS : A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO GROUP DYNAMICS

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GOOD MORNING - PART ONE

BY KRISTOFFER FYNBO THORNING 1. Learn the melody and the lyrics. We suggest that you accompany the song with piano or guitar.

2. Move according to the lyrics. For example lift your arms over your head in part B. 3. Spread your arms and run or dance around the room in part C. 4. Calm down and walk slowly around each other when you sing part A and B.

NOTE Notice how it feels more fast paced in part C, where it changes from a Bossa nova to a fast Samba.

GOOD MORNING

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GOOD MORNING - PART TWO

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THE GENERAL

YES AND NO

BY UNKNOWN

BY UNKNOWN

1. Couple up in pairs.

When communicating in groups, people often bounce ideas off each other. Try these simple exercises to understand how different responses affect the development of a proposed idea.

2. The leader will now be ‘the general’ and give commands to his partner or the whole group. It could be “do a push-up”, “run around in circles”, “jump”, “make a donkey sound” etc.

3. Take turns, so the other person is now the general.

1. Couple up in pairs.

2. One person presents a simple idea as a question. For example: “Would you like to go for a walk in the forest with me today?”

3. The other person responds with a “yes, and afterwards we could go to the beach”.

4. The first person responds to this new version of the idea with “yes, and then we could buy an ice cream”.

5. And so on.

6. Try out the other four sentences from the box.

TELL HER (OR HIM) You can basically respond to an idea in five ways: Yes, and…

Yes, but…

No, but…

No, and… (silence)…

THE GENERAL

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WHAT’S YOUR PASSION?

BY UNKNOWN 1. Couple up in pairs.

2. Introduce yourself to each other and tell the other person something about yourself and something you are really passionate about.

3. Join up in smaller groups of four to five pairs.

exercise by having everyone in the group make a step like the afro step and sing a simple phrase of some sort, so there is backing music to the person who is introducing. In this way we are adding a layer of multi-tasking to the exercise using both rhythmical movement, coordination, singing and listening at the same time.

4. Now each partner will introduce the other partner in the couple to the rest of the group.

5. You might want to add some music to the

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NAMES

LEARN, LAUGH AND INTERACT

ICEBREAKERS : A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO GROUP DYNAMICS

THE NAME CHAIN

I LIKE - PART ONE

BY TINE FRIS-RONSFELD

BY LUCAS TUAN MINH HOANG

1. Stand or sit in a circle, so that everybody can see each other.

1. Form a circle and decide on a tempo.

2. The game starts when one person asks another person for his name.

3. The person asked states his name.

4. The person asking replies by repeating the name and adding a positive adjective that shares the same first letter as the name.

For example “Beautiful Betty”.

(see part B) and the song starts up again from part A.

2. Practice the hands and feet beat.

3. One person starts by singing or rapping her name and something she likes.

Something like this: “My name is Anna and I like to eat cake” (See part A).

6. At the end of the song, you can add a final break where all the names are called out and responded to (see part C).

4. The rest of the group replies, “Hi Anna!

You like to eat cake”.

5. Then follows the hands and feet break

5. Now it is the next person’s turn to ask the question. Before adding the adjective, he/she must repeat all the names and adjectives of all the people that were already mentioned.

6. The chain of names grows longer and longer and it gets harder and harder to remember all the names.

SUGGESTIONS Handsome Hans Trendy Thue Sweet Signe

Clap Stomp

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I LIKE

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I LIKE - PART TWO

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1. Learn the clap, snap, chest, thigh and feet rhythm.

2. Sing part A and combine it with the hands and feet beat.

3. Learn the 2nd voice in part A and combine it with the melody.

4. Learn the hands and feet groove from part B. 5. Use the lyrics and melody from part B or create your own text, where each person explains how cool they are.

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WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

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2. Stomp and clap the rhythm.

3. Learn the song and put in your own home town or country.

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SUGGESTIONS Make up your own break using hands and feet.

Make a human beatbox or vocal percussion beat instead.

Instead of your country, try use your city, class or school.

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NAME MIKADO

THE LINE UP

BY TINE FRIS-RONSFELD

BY TINE FRIS-RONSFELD

1. Stand in a random formation but quite close to each other.

1. Stand in a random formation .

2. Two people are chosen as opponents, playing against each other.

3. On the count of three, all the people in the formation shout their first names as loud as possible.

4. Now two players take turns mentioning the names they think they heard. When you fail to mention a name or you pick a wrong name, it is the other player’s turn.

2. Form a line, where people are organized according to different criteria.

3. For example, arrange people according to height and form a line starting with the shortest and ending with the tallest.

SUGGESTIONS Line up according to exact age.

According to the last name in alphabetical order.

5. The winner is the one who heard the most names.

According to who has been a member of the group the longest.

NOTE

Arrange in accordance with the colors of the clothes people are wearing.

Only works in a group, where people do not know each other.

A GRAND FINALE Form a big circle by having the ends of the line meet. Stand really close and sit down on each others thighs.

Feel the unity. Raise your arms high over your heads and say “Yeah!”

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MARIONETTE PUPPETS

BY UNKNOWN 1. One person takes the lead. The rest of the group couples up in pairs. Each pair stands next to each other with an arm around each other’s shoulder. All the pairs stand in one or two lines facing the leader of the game.

2. The leader explains the rules. During the game each pair will move as one person and imitate the movements of the leader.

3. The leader acts as the puppet master showing different poses.

• Both hands high over their head.

• Bending to the right, the left, back, front, doing a body roll etc.

• Clapping each other’s hands, stomping the floor and combining the clapping and the stomping into grooves.

MARIONETTE PUPPETS

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BODY JAZZ

BY UNKNOWN 1. Decide whether all the participants stand in a circle, so everybody can see each other, or whether people should be placed in a more dispersed manner, if they prefer their privacy.

2. Put on some up-tempo jazzy music or music of your own choice.

3. Now, all the participants improvise movements with one part of their body, moving from head to toes.

4. Improvise a “dance” where you only use your eyes, then add movements using the rest of the face. Move on to dancing with your shoulders only, your elbows and your hands. Then try to dance with your stomach, chest or back, your hips, legs, knees, feet and toes.

MUSIC IDEAS

5. Then combine all your moves.

SUGGESTIONS

Mr. Scruff - “Get a Move On!” Parov Stelar - “All Night” Proleter - “April Shower” GoldFish - “Hold Tight”

Choose a leader who decides when the movements should change.

Try different tempos.

Sit down, lie down or stand up.

Couple up in pairs and battle it out, where you first imitate each other’s movements and then change them into something better or just different, so the battle has the character of a conversation or a competition.

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COME ON AND DANCE - PART ONE TRADITIONAL SONG FROM GHANA, TRANSCRIBED BY TINE FRIS-RONSFELD 1. Stand in a circle and establish a pulse while you walk in afro step.

7. Learn the song.

8. Combine the song and the groove.

2. Clap the first rhythm, then the next rhythm and so on.

9. Take turns singing the lead and calling out different dancers or groups of dancers.

The rest of the group sings the response part while keeping the groove going.

3. Divide the group into smaller groups and combine the rhythms.

4. Listen to each other and make it groove.

5. Stop the groove and start again.

6. Switch roles and repeat.

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BY UNKNOWN

1. Couple up in pairs.

2. One partner is lying on his back with his eyes closed. The other sits next

1. Couple up in pairs.

the knee and ankle.

7. While your partner is completely relaxed lift

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3. Find the point on the neck where the

8. From this position, your partner rises to

spine ends and there is a small recess.

a standing position in a slow and sliding

Lift the head of the person lying down

movement helped by you. Your partner is

approximately five centimeters up and

now standing in an upright posture, while

touch this point very lightly with your index

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finger and middle finger. Carefully, turn

supporting his back.

the head to the left and then to the right to release tensions, while supporting the head with your other hand. After a while, slow down the massage and lower the head to the ground softly.

4. Place the palms of your hands near the collarbones on the upper chest and massage in small circles. Start slowly and then gradually increase the tempo. To finish, slow down once more.

5. Shake his arms by holding the wrist and elbow. Shake his hands and fingers as well.

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6. Shake his legs and feet by holding

9. Slowly, your partner stands on his own,

2. One person in each couple starts walking with closed eyes.

3. The partner is in charge of changing the walking person’s direction, so he does not bump into anything.

SUGGESTIONS Take turns.

The game can also be done in teams of three. Two are walking with their eyes closed and one is in charge of changing both walkers’ directions.

opens his eyes, takes a deep breath and enjoys the relaxed and energized feeling.

10. Switch roles.

NOTE Make sure that you have enough time and space. The floor should be clean or you arrange for mats to lie on. Ensure that the room is not too cold. This exercise demands a lot of trust, peace and quiet. Try to lie in a circle with everyone’s feet pointing to the centre of the circle.

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MIRROR, MIRROR

WRESTLING

BY UNKNOWN

BY UNKNOWN

1. Couple up in pairs.

2. Put on a groovy song 3. Move or dance to the music and mirror each other’s movements. Take turns taking the lead.

MUSIC IDEAS Moderat - “A New Error” Daft Punk - ”Get Lucky” Jamiroquai - “Cosmic Girl”

SUGGESTIONS

1. Couple up in pairs.

Gradually make the movements more exaggerated and wilder.

2. Stand facing each other so that your right feet are touching each other.

Move in slow motion.

3. Try to push each other, so you lose balance. Notice that this can happen by pushing or by giving in.

Move like a robot.

Move like an old person.

Move like a crazy person.

4. Change partners.

Make staccato movements.

Make fluent and calm movements.

Form groups of three. Stand in a triangle formation with one person in front like in a dance class.

Form a long chain of people, and let the person in front of the chain decide the movement, while the rest follows. When the person in front does not want to be the leader, he steps out of the line and goes to the back.

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IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME - PART ONE KIDS FROM GUINEA-CONAKRY, TRANSCRIBED BY BENEDICTE STEN ANDERSEN, ENGLISH LYRICS BY TINE FRIS-RONSFELD AND KRISTOFFER FYNBO THORNING 1. Learn the melody and the lyrics.

2. Stand in a circle. Establish a pulse while you walk in afro step.

3. Clap the first rhythm, then the next rhythm and so on.

4. Divide the group into smaller groups and combine the rhythms as described below.

5. Listen to each other and make it groove.

6. Stop the groove and start it again.

7. Combine the song with the rhythms.

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MEMORY

BY UNKNOWN 1. Two or three people leave the room.

2. The rest of the group couples up in pairs. Each pair agrees upon a signature posture of their own choice.

3. The pairs split up and sit apart from each other on the floor.

4. The two or three people enter the room again. They take turns asking two of the people on the floor to show them their signature pose.

5. If there is no match, the two people sit down again. If there is a match, the pair leaves the floor to stand behind the person that picked them out. This person now has won a second chance to pick out two more people on the floor.

6. The winner of the game is the one who has found the most pairs.

SUGGESTIONS Variations on the signature poses could be: A series of movements.

A sound.

A rhythm or groove.

A melody or ostinato.

The signatures poses can be related to a theme of your own choice (musical genres or styles, animals, moods etc.).

MEMORY

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THE SHERIFF

BY UNKNOWN 1. Stand in a circle with ‘a sheriff’ in the centre.

2. The sheriff turns around and aims at the people in the circle with “a gun”.

3. Making a sudden move, the sheriff will aim straight at a specific person and say “BANG!” 4. The person who is being shot, takes cover by leaning forward or bending to his knees.

5. The two persons standing next to the person being shot, must now aim at each other and shout “BANG!”. The one who is the slowest “dies” and leaves the game.

6. When only two “survivors” are left, there will be a showdown in the form of a duel.

7. The sheriff will do a countdown, where the duelists walk away from each other on each count.

8. When the sheriff reaches one, the two survivors turn around and face each other while shouting “BANG!”. The fastest contestant is the winner of the game and is the new sheriff in town.

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ARGH! ZOMBIES!

BY UNKNOWN 1. Form a circle.

2. Everyone closes his eyes and makes up a signature sound. Going around the circle everyone says his signature sound aloud, so that all the people standing in the circle know what everyone sounds like. Remember to keep your eyes closed during the entire game.

3. Now spread out in the room and hide!

4. One person is chosen to be patient zero and is now a zombie.

5. With everyone’s eyes still closed the zombie tries to catch the other people in the room by following their sound and grabbing them by their arms.

6. Once grabbed you also turn into a zombie and join in the hunt.

7. The last person who has not become a zombie has won the game.

ARGH! ZOMBIES!

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THE PIRATE GAME

BY UNKNOWN 1. This game is similar to “Simon Says”.

2. One person will take the role as ‘the pirate’. The rest will work as cabin boys on his ship.

3. The pirate shouts out commands and if they are not followed by the cabin boys they will “die” and leave the game.

4. A cabin boys will “die” if he is heading south, when the pirate says north, but also if he fails at securing a seat on the boat. Remember that the pirate’s orders are only valid if he commences each sentence with the words “The pirate says…”

SUGGESTIONS The pirate might say ‘Scrub the deck!’ – Everybody falls to their knees.

‘Head north/east/west/south!’ – Go in that direction.

‘Get into the boats two and two/four and four!’ – Couple up in pairs and run to the sides of the room.

‘Get ready for battle!’ – Get your weapons out and look murderous/run around looking confused.

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WHO IS THE BOSS?

BY UNKNOWN 1. One person leaves the room.

2. The rest of the group forms a circle.

3. One person in the circle is named ‘the boss’ and starts a movement. The rest of the group follows the movements of the boss.

4. Once the movement is set in motion, the person who was outside the room enters again.

5. Now this person stands in the centre of the circle and tries to figure out who is the boss and in charge of the movements.

SUGGESTIONS Slow movements.

Fast movements.

Rhythmical movements.

Isolated movements: Only hands, only feet, only face.

WHO IS THE BOSS?

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SYNCHRONIZE C O O R D I N AT E , C O N C E N T R AT E A N D C O N N E C T

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ONE-TWO-THREE

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BY UNKNOWN

BY UNKNOWN

1. Couple up in pairs and stand so you face each other.

1. Stand on one leg and try to find your balance.

7. Finally, you stand on the centre of the foot.

Let your thoughts find peace.

2. Decide on a tempo.

2. Concentrate your thoughts by asking yourself how you feel right now in this moment.

8. Put the other foot down and feel the difference between the two legs. Maybe one leg feels longer or more heavy than the other? Maybe you feel that one leg stands more firmly and more grounded on the floor?

3. Count to three together while keeping a pulse.

• Person A: One • Person B : Two • Person A: Three • Person B : One • Person A: Two • And so on.

4. Start over and replace “one” with something else. For example a clap or a stomp.

5. Start over and replace “two” with a sound.

For example a whistle or shout “Ui ui”.

6. Start over and replace “three” with a word. For example “cool” or “awesome”.

• Person A: Claps • Person B : Whistle • Person A: Cool • Person B: Claps • Person A: Whistles • And so on.

3. Try to avoid any judgment or explanations, but just allow yourself to notice how you are feeling in this very moment. Maybe you are tired, hungry, happy, sad, feeling pain somewhere, excited etc.

4. After a while, change your point of balance to the front of the foot.

9. Now repeat the exercise with the other leg and try to create balance, so both legs are standing firmly on the ground.

5. Keep asking yourself how you are feeling now. Did it change? Does something else come to mind?

6. After a while, change your point of balance to the heel, then to the inside of the foot, then the outside of the foot.

GROUNDING

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EDWARD SCISSORHANDS

GLUED LEGS

BY UNKNOWN

BY PAUL GUNTER AND DAVE GALLAGHER

1. Couple up in pairs and stand facing each other.

2. One person claps a steady slow rhythm with his hands moving horizontally. The other person claps on the offbeat with his hands moving vertically - that is in between the claps of the first person.

3. This way the hands are moving like scissors and if one person fails to keep a steady beat clapping at the exact right time, he will get his hands cut off by the other person’s scissors.

4. Change the tempo to either half or double tempo on command.

SUGGESTIONS Sing or speak fast sub-divisions (e.g. 1/16 notes) while clapping slow sub-divisions (e.g. 1/4 notes).

Walk in a normal tempo, clap in half tempo and speak or sing in double tempo.

Let the pairs form a circle.

After a period of 8 or 16 bars turn 180 degrees and connect with a new partner.

1. Form a circle and stand very close next to each other so the side of your feet and legs are touching each other like they were glued together.

2. One person leads the game by counting and clapping a steady pulse.

3. On the first beat, the leader lifts his right leg and the person standing on his right then simultaneously lifts his left leg.

4. This movement is now repeated, moving counterclockwise around the circle in accordance with the pulse.

SUGGESTIONS Turn 180 degrees and stand with your back to the centre of the circle.

Start the movement different places in the circle at the same time.

Move in opposite directions, one movement clockwise and one counterclockwise.

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A RATHER SIMPLE RHYTHM

BY JIM DAUS

SUGGESTIONS

1. Stand in a circle. Establish a pulse while you walk in afro step.

Let some of the rhythms remain and let one or two groups make up another rhythm that complements and changes the groove.

2. Clap the first rhythm, then the next rhythm and so on.

3. Divide the group into smaller groups and combine the rhythms into a canon as described below.

4. Listen to each other and make it groove.

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5. Stop the groove and start again.

A RATHER SIMPLE RHYTHM

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1. Get a jump rope.

1. Team up two and two.

2. Two persons swing the jump rope while the other people take turns skipping. Feel the pulse and clap improvised rhythms or a specific groove you made up beforehand, while jumping.

2. One person takes the lead and moves

SUGGESTIONS Couple up in pairs and make rhythms/claps together.

his hands and arms in big circles or in moves similar to the ones you make in Kung Fu. 3. The other person mirrors the movements while counting backwards from a hundred in a steady relaxed pace.

4. If the person fails to say the right number or if the person stops to think, he has to start over again from a hundred.

5. Change your roles after a while.

NOTE The goal of this exercise is to concentrate and distract your thoughts from what is preoccupying your mind.

Add a song or a string of words to it. It could be the songs from this book like: “Move Your Feet”, “This Is Good for Me” or something you make up yourself.

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THE SHIELD

IT’S WINTER - PART ONE

BY UNKNOWN

BY TINE FRIS-RONSFELD

1. Stand really close together forming a circle.

1. Stand in a circle.

2. Imagine that there is a big and extremely heavy shield lying on the floor in the middle of the circle.

3. Reach towards the floor and grab the imaginary edge of the shield.

4. Try to lift it together. Remember, it is extremely heavy. Phew!

5. Make sure that everyone in the circle balances the weight of the shield keeping it even.

SUGGESTIONS

2. Do the afro step and learn the claps.

Speed up or slow down the tempo.

3. Keep on doing the afro step, but take away the claps and replace them with the rap.

Make new lyrics about Christmas, birthdays, summer or something else.

Turn the volume up or down.

4. Combine the afro step with the claps and the rap.

5. Learn part B and take turns making up a sentence that relates to winter.

6. Lift the imaginary shield as high as you can over your heads, but not higher than everyone can still reach it.

7. Throw the shield away while shouting “Hu ah!”

Afro step IT’S WINTER

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THE SMELLY SHOE

SQUEEZE

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BY UNKNOWN

1. Everyone takes off one shoe.

2. Form a circle and decide on a calm tempo (65bpm). Bend your knees and move up and down to the pulse. Down on the beat and up on the offbeat.

3. Throw the shoe up in the air and catch it again in a steady tempo. Catch it on the pulse and throw it on the offbeat.

4. Now catch your own shoe on the one, two, three and four and throw it to the person standing to the right side of you on the offbeat after four. He can then catch it on the first beat of the next bar.

1. Stand in a circle.

2. Hold each others’ hands and close your eyes.

MAKE IT EASIER

3. One person starts the exercise by squeezing the hand of the person standing next to him.

Make it easier by saying: ‘One AND two AND three AND four AND’. Throw it on the ‘AND’ and catch it on the number.

4. Then this person squeezes the hand of the person standing next to him and so on.

SUGGESTIONS

5. The exercise is over when the person who started the exercise feels a squeeze.

Change directions.

Pass the shoe on every second beat.

SUGGESTIONS

Pass the shoe on every beat.

Send one squeeze clockwise around the circle and another one counterclockwise.

Throw the shoe to the person standing next to the person next to you.

Speed up the tempo.

Create your own breaks, where you clap, stomp, shout out, throw the shoe in a particular way etc.

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THIS IS GOOD FOR ME

BY JIM DAUS

SUGGESTIONS

1. Say the rhythm.

Perform the rhythm as a canon. Divide into four groups and let the rhythm start at different times on half notes or quarter notes.

2. Clap the rhythm.

3. Stomp the rhythm with your feet.

4. Clap the pulse and say the rhythm.

Add a third layer consisting of half tempo, double tempo or offbeat: for example say the rhythm, clap the half tempo (two and four) and stomp the pulse.

5. Say the pulse (one, two, three, four) and clap the rhythm.

5. Stomp the pulse with your feet and say the rhythm.

8. Say the pulse and stomp the rhythm.

9. Clap the pulse and stomp the rhythm.

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4. Each time the call is repeated the volume rises until the group is screaming the call from the top of their lungs. The group has to agree on the dynamic development of the call.

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6. On the long note everybody makes a “drumroll” with their hands on the ground and on cue they end the exercise by lifting their arms over their heads and shouting “Oi!”.

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PULSE CLAP

RHYTHM RELAY RACE

BY JIM DAUS

BY RUNE THORSTEINSSON

1. Stand in a circle, so everybody can see each other.

2. Decide on a tempo in 4/4.

3. One person claps on beat one, the next person in the circle claps on beat two and so on. One by one everybody makes a clap maintaining the steady beat.

4. Change the direction of the clap from clockwise to counterclockwise by clapping twice.

SUGGESTIONS

1. Form a circle.

2. One person makes up a rhythm with hands or feet and teaches it to the person standing next to him.

3. The next person teaches it to the person standing next to him and so on.

Choose a slower or faster tempo.

Maintain a steady pulse, but change the feeling into half tempo or double tempo.

Change the rhythm of the claps to a clave, for example 2-3.

Create new rules.

Play the game on congas or drums.

MAKE IT EASIER As a pre-exercise you can let everybody clap the pulse together.

4. The rhythm travels from one person to the next around the circle.

5. After a while, the person standing next to the first person makes up a new rhythm on top of the first one. It relates or contrasts with the existing rhythm and this new rhythm is also passed around in the circle. This way the groove is constantly changing and developing.

SUGGESTIONS Make up a movement.

Let them feel the subdivisions by clapping in double time.

Make up a sound.

Make up a word.

Make up a rap.

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BY TINE FRIS-RONSFELD

BY TINE FRIS-RONSFELD

1. Everyone has one minute to find an item in their school bag which can be used as an instrument. Anything that can make a sound goes. For example keys, pens, lunch boxes, rulers, etc.

2. Everyone presents his instrument and the sound it can make one by one.

3. The instruments are combined, one by one, in an improvised beat, where everyone creates a rhythm with their instrument.

MAKE IT EASIER

1. Stand in a circle. Establish a pulse.

The teacher can create different rhythms and divide the group into sections.

Perhaps all the pencils share the same rhythm, etc.

2. Stomp and clap the rhythm from part A.

Decide on a steady pulse and a period of one or two bars. One by one the players add a sound on one specific beat or offbeat of their own choice.

4. Stop the groove and start again.

SUGGESTIONS Make a break.

Add a rap or song about a school related theme.

Conduct the dynamics.

Conduct which instruments that are playing.

3. Listen to each other and make it groove.

5. Learn the song. First part A and then part B. 6. Combine the song and the groove.

Note that there is a small change in the rhythm in part B. 7. After part B there is a break where the caller makes up an improvised rhythm that the rest of the group imitates.

8. Take turns singing the lead and making up new rhythms, while the rest of the group sings the response part.

Form smaller groups that create their own beats that can be presented to the other groups.

SCHOOL BAG STOMP

ME OH MY

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ME OH MY - PART TWO

BY TINE FRIS-RONSFELD

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BEATBOX BATTLE

BY KRISTOFFER FYNBO THORNING 1. Form a circle and start practicing the three different beatbox sounds with your mouth.

4. Each gang makes a beat together and maybe adds a shout-out like ‘Yo! We’re the crew with the coolest hats!’

2. Stand in a circle, establish a pulse and put a simple beat together.

5. Line up facing each other and show off your moves, beats and shout-outs.

3. Divide the group into two. You now have two street gangs.

BASIC BEATBOX Kick drum – (‘B’ as in ‘B’omb) High hat (‘Ts’ as in ‘T’ea) Rim shot (‘Gk’ as in ‘G’reat)

SUGGESTIONS Make some poses or gestures that emphasize how cool your crew is.

Add a rap or more shout-outs.

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MOVE YOUR FEET

BY KRISTOFFER FYNBO THORNING

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1. Stand in a circle and establish a pulse.

2. Stomp and clap the rhythm from part A. 3. Divide the group into two and learn the different parts of the song.

4. On ‘Uh-uh’ everybody lifts their hands high over their head and makes a gesture.

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to

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5. On ‘Oh-Yeah!’ everybody throws their right hand up in the air.

6. Combine the song and the groove and repeat it for a while.

7. Learn and practice the break and combine it with part A.

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SUGGESTIONS Make up your own break using hands and feet.

Invent additional voices for part A. Harmonize the melody.

Make a beatbox beat.

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I HAVE A LITTLE TWITCH

BY NIKOLAI FUNCH, ENGLISH LYRICS BY TINE FRIS-RONSFELD

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STIR THE RHYTHM UP - PART ONE

BY LUCAS TUAN MINH HOANG 1. Stand in a circle. Establish a pulse while you do the afro step.

2. Say the lyrics in the right rhythm.

3. Sing the melody.

4. Learn the clap, snap, chest and thigh rhythm.

5. Learn the feet rhythm.

6. Complete the beat by combining the hands and the feet.

7. Try to put it all together.

Stomp

Snap your fingers

Clap

Clap on thighs

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STIR THE RHYTHM UP - PART TWO

BY LUCAS TUAN MINH HOANG

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KIDS JUMP - PART ONE

BY JULIE ØRNHOLT BØTKER 1. Stand in a circle. Establish a pulse.

SUGGESTIONS

HOW TO KIDS JUMP OR SKIP

2. Do the ‘kids jump’ (skipping) around the room. See part A.

Make up a new break, one by one or in smaller groups using hands and feet.

Jump twice on the same foot, lifting your other knee.

3. On a cue everybody stops and jumps up and lands on both feet on the beat. Clap in between the jumps. See part B.

The rest of the group should snap their fingers on two and four to maintain the pulse.

Shift to the other foot.

4. Snap your fingers with both your hands while your body turns around itself. The left foot remains at the same spot.

5. Start from part A and do the whole routine.

Snap your fingers

Slide right foot to the left

Kids jump Jump and clap KIDS JUMP

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Clap on thighs

Turn around yourself on the left foot

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KIDS JUMP - PART TWO

BY JULIE ØRNHOLT BØTKER

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Flick Clap Thighs Feet

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TURN THAT FUNKY MUSIC ON! - PART ONE

BY STINA BOCH 1. Stand in a circle. Establish a pulse while you walk in the afro step.

2. Say the lyrics in the right rhythm.

3. Sing the melody.

4. Learn the clap, snap, chest and thigh clap rhythm.

5. Learn the feet rhythm while crossing the feet and with the turn-around-move.

6. Complete the beat by combining the hands and the feet.

7. Try to put it all together.

Clap on your thighs Turn around

Snap your finger Clap

Clap your chest

Place your left foot behind your right foot

TURN THAT FUNKY MUSIC ON!

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TURN THAT FUNKY MUSIC ON! - PART TWO

BY STINA BOCK

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q=124

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mu

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-

sic

R

L

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with

me.

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PROGRAMS Here are a few suggestions of ways to combine icebreakers into short series. The programs last between 30 to 60 minutes depending on how thoroughly you work with the exercises and how many suggestions and variations you incorporate along the way.

Enjoy!

TIMING IS EVERYTHING

GO DANCING The Secret Triangle Body Jazz Mirror Mirror Come On and Dance

10 29 33 30

One-Two-Three Memory Rhythm Relay Race Me Oh My

One Body The Shield Who Is the Boss The Sheriff

GET IDEAS Marionette Puppets

Count to 20

28 44 38 53 56

10 11 48 42 41

Meet and Greet Marionette Puppets The Line Up Talk with One Mouth

I Like

Miss Nice The Smelly Shoe Pulse Clap This Is Good for Me Move Your Feet (novice) Stir the Rhythm Up (advanced)

GET STARTED

What’s Your Passion?

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GET GROOVY 13 50 53 51 59 61

12 28 25 13 17 20

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

THANK YOU

In this book you will find a collection of the best icebreakers we know.

We would like to thank everyone who contributed to making this book

We have composed and developed some of them. Others were

happen. Thanks for your generosity in donating your games, songs,

invented by colleagues from near and afar and by fellow students and

beats and ideas, and making them available to even more people by

teachers from our time at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus (DK).

allowing them to be included in this book. We would also like to thank

Yet, with regard to some of the icebreakers, the authorship is unclear.

everyone who helped us in our efforts to find the right authors and

Even after months of research and attempts to track down all the

added the best suggestions for simplifications and progressions.

inventors of these icebreakers, we are still in the blind as to who came up with them. We believe that they have grown out of a tradition and culture and are known in different versions by different people. Some of them originated from the former school of CRMB (Center for Rytmisk Musik og Bevægelse) in Silkeborg, Denmark, where people like Lena Gregersen, Torben Jensen, Leif Falk and many others with great effort have developed new teaching methods for musical education. They view music as a means of furthering social interactions. Some of the icebreakers are known throughout Europe and perhaps even further afar. Most likely, the icebreakers were born out of an original insight a long time ago and then have been developed by a number of people, who have added their personal touch to them. It may even be that the same underlying idea of an icebreaker has surfaced in different places independently from each other.

ICEBREAKERS : A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO GROUP DYNAMICS

Thanks to Statens Kunstråd and SYNG for providing the necessary funds to make this project happen. Thanks to Hans Casa, Signe Kold Andersen, Thue Thesbjerg, Akke Bosma, Hans Madsen, Peder Karlson and the other private contributors, who supported us via the indiegogo-campaign and made it financially possible for us to create the final design and layout of the book. Thank you Mette Poulsen, Anna Windfeldt Thorning and Kirsten Windfeldt Jensen for your feedback in the final writing process.

Finally, we would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Lena Gregersen from the Royal Academy of Music. You introduced us to icebreakers in the first place, taught us and guided us in our studies at RMB (Rytmisk Musik og Bevægelse), the Royal Academy of Music and advised and helped us with the making of this book.

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THE AUTHORS Kristoffer Fynbo Thorning is a professional singer, saxofonist and technology enthusiast.

He is a post graduate soloist in vocal leadership from The Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, majoring in electronic voices.

He is well-known in the international choir and vocal music scene for his groundbreaking approach to e-capella music (electronic a cappella), his high spirits, and his songwriting for his vocal group Postyr. He has more than twelve years of experience in teaching choral vocal groups and singers, from amateurs to professionals, and he loves beats, rhythms, dancing and of cause icebreakers.

Kristoffer's unique approach to group dynamics revolves around energy, empathy, and engagement.

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POSTYR Tine Fris-Ronsfeld-Ronsfeld is a professional singer and choir leader. She has a master's degree from The Royal Academy of Music, majoring in pop singing She is known throughout the international chorus and vocal music environment as a passionate singer, vocal coach, and conductor, as well as for her innovative arrangements for leading Danish choirs, such as Vocal Line, Syng Selected, and Lyt, and for her catchy compositions for Postyr. Tine has more than fifteen years of experience in teaching soloists,choirs, and vocal groups at all levels.

Groundedness, interaction, and confidence are keywords in Tine's approach to group dynamics.

Postyr is an modern vocal group. The group explores the softness and vitality of the human voice, as well as the raw and uncompromising elements of electronic music. Postyr has since 2011 toured Scandinavia, Europe, USA, and Asia and like to often making joint concerts with other groups and choirs. Postyr is known for their innovative and authentic expression, where traditional vocal music and advanced technology is combined in original, catchy pop songs and heartfelt ballads.

In addition to creating music and playing concerts, Postyr are committed to teaching, doing workshops, arranging their own SummerCamp, as well as publishing sheet music.

Learn more at PostyrProject.dk

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INDEX A Rather Simple Rhythm Argh! Zombies!

Beatbox Battle Be My Eyes Body Jazz Come On and Dance - Part One Come On and Dance - Part Two Count to 20 Dynamics Edward Scissorhands Feel Good Glued Legs Good Morning - Part One Good Morning - Part Two Grounding I Have a Little Twitch I Like - Part One I Like - Part Two It’s Christmas Time - Part One It’s Christmas Time - Part Two It’s Winter - Part One It’s Winter - Part Two Kids Jump - Part One Kids Jump - Part Two Kung Fu Countdown Marionette Puppets Meet and Greet Memory Me Oh My - Part One

46 40 58 32 29 30 31 10 11 45 32 45 14 15 44 60 20 21 34 35 48 49 64 65 47 28 12 38 56

Me Oh My - Part Two Mirror, Mirror Miss Nice Move Your Feet Name Mikado Ogi, Ogi, Ogi! One Body One-Two-Three Pulse Clap Rhythm Relay Race School Bag Stomp Skipping Squeeze Stir the Rhythm Up - Part One Stir the Rhythm Up - Part Three Stir the Rhythm Up - Part Two Talk with One Mouth The General The Line Up The Name Chain The Pirate Game The Secret Triangle The Sheriff The Shield The Smelly Shoe The Sonar This Is Good for Me Turn that Funky Music On! - Part One Turn that Funky Music On! - Part Two

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57 33 13 59 25 52 11 44 53 53 56 47 50 61 63 62 13 16 25 20 41 10 39 48 50 12 51 66 67

What’s Going On? - Part One What’s Going On? - Part Two What’s Your Passion?

Where Are You From?

Who Is the Boss?

Wrestling Yes and No

22 23 17 24 42 33 16

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ICEBREAKERS A PRACTI CAL APPROAC H TO G ROU P DYNAM I CS ICEBREAKERS ARE GAMES AND EXERCISES THAT BRING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TOGETHER. THROUGH ICEBREAKERS THE PARTICIPANTS SHARE NEW EXPERIENCES. ICEBREAKERS FACILITATE A POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AND STRENGTHEN THE SOCIAL BONDS OF A GROUP, USING MUSIC AND GAMES TO GET THERE.

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